Match Day Thread Paris Saint Germain vs. Arsenal (UCL Group A) Official Match Thread 2016/17

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Venue: Parc des Princes
Tuesday, September 13th 2016
KO Time: 19.45 BST

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Head to Head Against Paris Saint Germain:
Played: 3
Wins: 2
Draws: 1
Losses: 0
Goals For: 4
Goals Against: 2
Goal Difference: 2

Last 6 Meetings:
Arsenal 2-1 Paris Saint Germain (Emirates Cup)
Arsenal 1-0 Paris Saint Germain (European Cup Winners Cup)
Paris Saint Germain 1-1 Arsenal (European Cup Winners Cup)​

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Got a good feeling about this game, PSG not the team they were last season, and we have the pace to hurt them on the counter with Cazorla and Ozil pulling the strings, Verrati is their best player by a mile, so we can't let him just dictate the game at will, stopping him is pretty much the key to stopping PSG.

 

I really like the fact that we have so many genuine first team players rested on the week-end, able to come in and play.

Giroud, Sanchez, Xhaka, Elneny, and Ramsey, are all reasonably fresh.

These are the hard-working positions where we seem to suffer a lot of injuries. I hope we can rotate players a bit more for these games and still put on a good show.

 

I went to Highbury when we beat PSG in the ECWC semi final in 1994.What a brilliant night that was.

 

How do y'all reckon we are going to line up.

I would like to see this but I reckon we'll be a bit more conservative. I would prefer we had real pace up top.

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If Ozil puts in a performance like he did on Saturday, Wenger needs to grow some balls and take him off and move Santi to the #10 and bring in Mo or Coq in MF with Xhaka.

 

Perez is quick (and has a much better better touch than Walcott) Personally I would play him up top.

Other than that I would field the same side.

 

I prefer him to but Perez still needs some time to get to know our style of play. Not sure he's quite ready.

 

I'd rather see Giroud start this one, with Walcott on the right.

 

Arsenal XI: Ospina, Monreal, Koscielny, Mustafi, Bellerin, Coquelin, Ozil, Cazorla, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Iwobi, Sanchez.

Makes no sense! Why insist Alexis in the middle, ox has been rubbish and ospina in goal ?! (Didn't he learn from last time)

 

Worrying line up ...

 

I take it that Cech has picked a mystery illness or is off to see his Mum...........

 

PSG v Arsenal (19:45 BST)

Posted at19:08
Confirmation that there is no injury problem for Petr Cech - Arsenal have just decided to play David Ospina in the Champions League...

 

It's almost as if Wenger wants us to get knocked out sometimes.

Ospina in goal when Cech is fully fit...Chamberlain starting when he's been anonymous so far this season...Sanchez up front on his own when we've seen how ineffective it is...

And what was the point of spending £35m on Xhaka if we're not going to start him? Absolutely ridiculous decisions all round.

 

WTF ???

 

1-0 down already. Cavani. Great...

 

Ok.... 1 min.... 0:1 W. T. F !!!!

 

Same old.

 

Well that was a ****e start

 

Wenger prioritising the league with that team selection? Written off chances of winning CL already.

No Cech... no CF despite spending £20m on one in the summer?

 

Like I thought.

Mustafi and Koscileny is just another small arsed partnership thats gonna get shat on by the bigger strikers out there.

Holding is a better option.